Shootings

A person of "interest" has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop in Memphis, police said Sunday. Memphis Police Department spokeswoman Karen Rudolph told The Associated Press that a person is in custody but that no charges have been filed in the killing of Officer Sean Bolton, 33. She said the investigation is ongoing but did not provide further details. Bolton was shot near one of the main arteries in a working class area in southeast Memphis late Saturday. In a statement released Sunday, police said a civilian had used Bolton's radio to notify police about the shooting. No further details were...

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HARTFORD — A 25-year-old East Hartford man was killed Saturday night in a shooting on Blue Hills Avenue, police said Sunday.Police are investigating the shooting reported at 8:49 p.m. Saturday in the area of a pizza parlor at 671 Blue Hills Ave., Deputy...

GOSHEN — State police are investigating after a man was wounded in an apparent shooting on Bartholomew Hill Road early Sunday.
Trooper First Class Kelly Grant said troopers from Troop B in Canaan responded to the area at about 2:30 a.m. on a report of...

NEW BRITAIN - A 22-year-old New Britain man is facing first-degree assault and attempted murder charges after police say he was involved in a June shooting that almost left another man dead.
Police arrested Michael Pacheco-Rodriguez, 22, of New...

HARTFORD — A 22-year-old man arrested Monday in connection with a fatal shooting on Maple Street appeared Tuesday at Superior Court, where a judge set his bail at $2 million.
Jonathan Contrera was charged with murder and carrying a pistol without a...

HARTFORD — A 20-year-old man arrested previously in connection with a July 18 shooting on Main Street that left a man critically injured was charged Tuesday in a separate shooting in April where an innocent bystander suffered critical injuries.
Police...

HARTFORD — A 22-year-old is facing a number of charges in connection with a shootout on Nelson Street in September 2014 where at least six shots were fired and two people were injured.Guy Pacheco, 22, of Hartford, was charged Monday with conspiracy to...

It's been Groundhog Day in the news business over the last couple of years. We seem to be on a loop of the same two stories:
•A troubled or deranged individual with a gun commits a mass shooting.
•One or more white police officers confront an African...

BRIDGEPORT — Two men were killed in separate weekend shootings in Bridgeport.Police say 39-year-old Kendall Willis was found slumped over the steering wheel of his car on Staples Street Sunday afternoon after being shot in the head.The Connecticut Post...

HARTFORD — A 20-year-old Hartford man is facing charges, including first-degree assault and attempted murder, in connection with a July 18 shooting on Main Street that left a man critically injured.Deshawn Walton, 20, Hartford, was charged with...

HARTFORD — Hartford police have arrested 20-year-old Deshawn Walton in connection with a July 18 shooting in the city that left one man in critical condition.
Walton is suspected of shooting Tequan Vail, 25, six times in the head, neck, chest...

BERLIN — More than 1,000 mourners lined Main Street in the Kensington section from midday to dusk Tuesday for the wake of a 15-year-old fatally injured when he was shot with a pellet gun.
Tyler Alan Cop, of the East Berlin section of town, died...

HARTFORD — The governor agreed Monday to commit three state police detectives and a supervisor to the Hartford shooting task force after city and state officials met to discuss ways to stop an outbreak of violence plaguing the city.Gov. Dannel P. Malloy...

NORWICH — Police are looking for the person or people responsible for shooting and wounding a woman on Monday.Police received a 911 call about 11:45 p.m. Monday about a shooting victim in the area of 350 Central Ave. in the city's Greenville section....

HARTFORD — Police have identified the two people injured, one critically, after a shooting at a nightclub early Sunday morning.
Deputy Chief Brian Foley said officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 1:46 a.m. at Vibz Uptown, 3155 Main St.
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HARTFORD — A Windsor man sustained non-life threatening injuries after a shooting on Main Street Saturday night.
Hartford police officers were in the area of 2006 Main St. around 7:51 p.m. when they heard gunshots from inside the building, Deputy Chief...

BENEDICTA, Maine (AP) — A former convict sought in the overnight shootings of four people in three northern Maine communities was taken into custody on Friday, state police said.
Anthony Lord, 35, was arrested in Houlton, and a woman being held with...

NEW HAVEN — A teenager was shot Monday morning while walking on Butler Street, police said. Brandon Shealy, 19, was shot in the buttocks, police said, and was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he underwent surgey about 2 p.m. He was reported in...

HARTFORD — A Windsor man was formally charged with murder in the shooting death of an innocent bystander at a Blue Hills basketball tournament last month.The arrest warrant for Roosevelt Holmes, 23, also revealed that shell casings from two .45-caliber...

HARTFORD — When Mothers United Against Violence and others sat down to plan a memorial for the victims of city violence a few weeks ago, the Rev. Henry Brown spoke about his vision for it.
That vision included displaying the names of more than 400 city...